United States - Affordability of health care

Risk of catastrophic expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk)

Risk of catastrophic expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) in United States was 0.600 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 1.000 in 2008, while its lowest value was 0.600 in 2017.

Definition: The proportion of population at risk of catastrophic expenditure when surgical care is required. Catastrophic expenditure is defined as direct out of pocket payments for surgical and anaesthesia care exceeding 10% of total income.

Source: The Program in Global Surgery and Social Change (PGSSC) at Harvard Medical School (https://www.pgssc.org/)

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Year Value
2003 1.000
2004 1.000
2005 0.900
2006 0.900
2007 1.000
2008 1.000
2009 0.800
2010 0.700
2011 0.700
2012 0.700
2013 0.800
2014 0.700
2015 0.700
2016 0.700
2017 0.600
2018 0.600
2019 0.600
2020 0.600

Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk)

Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) in United States was 0.200 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 0.200 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.200 in 2003.

Definition: The proportion of population at risk of impoverishing expenditure when surgical care is required. Impoverishing expenditure is defined as direct out of pocket payments for surgical and anaesthesia care which drive people below a poverty threshold (using a threshold of $1.25 PPP/day).

Source: The Program in Global Surgery and Social Change (PGSSC) at Harvard Medical School (https://www.pgssc.org/)

See also:

Year Value
2003 0.200
2004 0.200
2005 0.200
2006 0.200
2007 0.200
2008 0.200
2009 0.200
2010 0.200
2011 0.200
2012 0.200
2013 0.200
2014 0.200
2015 0.200
2016 0.200
2017 0.200
2018 0.200
2019 0.200
2020 0.200

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors